Hours of work: 37.5h Monday -Friday 

Contract: Fix term contract for 12 months. 

Salary: £42,000 per annum  

Why work for Imerys? 

At Imerys every member of our team matters. Our priority is the health and safety of our people and our aim is to create diverse and inclusive workplaces. We are always striving to be better and to support our people to continuously learn, improve and innovate. This allows them to tap into their full potential and to take advantage of the wealth of career and development opportunities available. 

Are you a Mining Engineer or Geologist? Do you have a good understanding of basic Mine planning principles, methodologies and techniques?  

As a Mining Planning Engineer, for Imerys you will be involved in defining reserves to access raw material for BA operations. Your role is to provide Mine optimisation, analysis, design and mine planning/scheduling across mining sites in Cornwall. 

The key tasks and your responsibilities:

•    Provide medium to long term planning to support extraction of the mineral assets, 

•    Create long term schedules for waste dumps,

•    Create pit and dump designs to ensure optimisation of operational resource and maintain production and quality targets,

•    Support the operating schedules and budget process, 

•    To provide support to mining and production managers and professionals in operations and projects,

•    To train the sites engineers in short term and mid-term mine planning, 

•    To ensure any work related to the public reporting of Reserves is undertaken in compliance with the PERC code.

What’s in for you? Your benefits:

•    25 days holiday, plus bank holidays

•    Generous Pension Plan

•    Life Assurance

•    Income Protection

•    Company Sick Pay

•    Discounts on external retailers

•    Cycle to work scheme

We also offer a comprehensive package to support the Wellbeing of our people which includes:

•    Employee Assistance Programme

•    Virtual GP

•    Flu and Eye care vouchers

•    Enhanced family friendly policies

•    Menopause Support

What do we ask in return?

•    Excellent IT skills together with familiarisation of one of the major designs and Mine planning software packages; such as GEOVIA (Surpac, Whittle, MineSched), Datamine (NPVS), RPM global (XPAC). 

•    Knowledge of GIS and surveying would be an advantage.

•    Degree level in Science or Engineering, ideally Mining engineering or Mining Geology.

•    Direct and relevant experience working in mining environment.

•    Production experience necessary with a few years relevant experience in mine planning and mine designs in mining environment (Brownfield).

•    Have the intention to register as an Incorporated or Chartered Engineer following professional training and experience.

•    Full driving license

We would like our application process to be accessible to all - if you require an alternative way to apply then please get in touch on 01952 281924. 

IMERYS is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer, and it is our policy to not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state or local laws.